A/N: Alright, here's chapter two. Thank you all for the reviews/alerts/favorites! :)
FIVE MONTHS EARLIER:
Finn rolled out of bed twenty minutes later than he intended on one lovely morning. Unfortunately, he found himself short of sleep recently because of all the baby drama going on in his life. It was safe to say he had it harder than most teens in his time. After all, trying to lead a horrible and uncooperative football team who had a season-long losing streak, singing the main male vocals for almost every song in Glee Club, dealing with his pregnant girlfriend's raging hormones which were escalating day by day, and trying to fight off the cruel but accurate nickname some peers made up for him, Frankenteen, weren't common problems that everyone had to deal with.
Oh, right, and he was also struggling to keep up with his secret, on-the-side relationship with a boy who would probably eventually end up being his step-brother. A boy. Finn, honestly, didn't even know how he had managed to get so intimate with a certain Kurt Hummel. Freshman year Kurt was just that weird gay kid who was so far in the closet he could find his Christmas presents. Sophomore year he was the incredibly feminine gay kid, with a hell of a voice, who had a creepy crush on him. But what more could Finn expect? –Every girl in school had feelings for him; what made guys any different?
Then Mr. Schue had to do it. He had to force Kurt and Finn to work on a ballad project together for Glee Club. But, surprisingly enough- like most of their relationship- Finn made the first move. Kurt was rambling on about why ballads are such an essential part of a show choir performance (something about the emotion of them hitting home with the judges…) when Finn just did the unthinkable. He kissed Kurt. He kissed Kurt freaking Hummel on the lips.
~x~
Kurt pulled back, shock flooding his body. "Finn…I—"
"Kurt, wait," Finn interrupted. He could feel the blood rush away from his face. What was he even thinking? Obviously he wasn't- he had just kissed a boy.
"Y-Yes, Finn?"
Finn didn't know what to do or say. Was he supposed to apologize? But for what, considering he had just fulfilled Kurt's biggest desire? Even so, it felt like the right thing to do. "Sorry…"
Kurt gulped lightly before answering, "I should…go. I'll…see you tomorrow at school."
Finn didn't intend to make the shorter boy leave; he wanted to stay with him, actually. But he didn't move a muscle as he watched Kurt exit through the front door and take off. How could he do such a thing? And who would he be able to tell? Certainly not his mother, who was currently in a serious relationship with Burt…
~x~
Finn now found himself in his Spanish class about two months after that fateful night. He and Kurt did manage to complete the ballad project with some loose feelings still floating in the air. After they got the assignment out of the way, Finn admitted to Kurt that he, somehow, had romantic feelings for him. They came up with a mutual agreement to secretly see each other, not knowing exactly what they were getting themselves into.
Those past two months had been great ones for Finn. Besides Quinn's pregnancy, everything was running smoothly in his. The football team was doing better with the help of McKinley's new coach: Shannon Beiste. Finn was finding it easier to memorize song lyrics for Glee, with the added plus that he got to see Kurt there every day at rehearsal. And Kurt...He turned out to be an excellent stress-reliever. But Finn had to admit, seeing the boy he was daydreaming about standing outside his Spanish class with a wry look on his face didn't look too good.
"Hola, Senior Schuester," Kurt recited uneasily, seeing as he had never taken a Spanish class in his life. Mr. Schue let him into the classroom when he continued, "Finn, s'il vous plait?"
Finn's head shot up impulsively at the sound of his name. For Mr. Schue being an amazing and fun Glee Club coach, his lesson plans about conjugated verbs bored Finn to death.
"Kurt, that's French." Will watched the two exchange eye contact before adding, "Go ahead…"
Finn exited the room with Kurt, closing the door as silently as possible behind him. "What's up?" He examined the boy up and down a few times before coming to the conclusion that Kurt was perfect. Finn just felt amazing while spending time with the boy. He was sort of…the best of both worlds. Finn could talk to him about any of his guy problems, and Kurt just understood them all without judging or being harsh. On the other hand, when it came to girl advice, it was almost as if Kurt knew exactly what Quinn or Rachel or whoever was thinking. Finn felt nothing but pure bliss when he was with Kurt, weather they were just talking or kissing or whispering sweet nothings to each other…
"Did you talk to your mom yet?" Kurt asked suddenly.
"I- uh…no. What's going on?"
"Okay, I know she probably wants to tell you this herself, so act surprised when she does…"
"Whatever Dude, just shoot."
Kurt let out a long, defeated breath. "It's official. They set a date. Our parents are getting married."
Out of all the current drama going on in Finn's life, this was ten times more impacting than any of it. Married? Why so soon? They had only been together for three months prior…But wait, why did Kurt need to oh-so-urgently tell him? "That's great, but…so what?"
"So what? Do you not care about our relationship at all?" Kurt's voice gradually fell to a whisper as he went on. "This wedding equals us being step-brothers. You and I being step-brothers equals a crushed relationship."
Finn thought about that long and hard for a moment. Kurt had a point. Secretly dating his step-brother did seem too creepy for his liking. "So, what do we do about it? Stop the wedding?"
Kurt's face lip up into a twisted sort of smile that seemed almost out-of-character for him. "Yes, Finn, that's exactly what we're going to do."
"Okay, I'm down with this." How was Finn even saying this? Was he really going to do something as selfish as ruin his mom's relationship for his own stupid sake? Regardless, he figured he'd worry about that later; he found himself quite fascinated with what Kurt had to say. "But…How do we make this happen?"
Kurt couldn't even believe he was coming up with such a diabolical plan in his head. His dad meant the world to him, and he knew this relationship- or whatever- with Finn would eventually fade away, but somehow he still liked the idea of planning this out. After a few minutes of awkward silence and wandering eyes, Kurt figured it out. "I've got it. You want to keep your reputation and still be with me, right?"
"Of course."
"Then we're just going to have to kill two birds with one stone…"
A/N: Okay, for all you old readers, the only changes I made here were regarding grammar and sentence structure, so you probably didn't find much of a difference. For all the new readers, how are you liking this so far? The next chapter will be longer because I'm combining two from the old story, and it'll come sooner than this one did. I hope this is good so far. :)
